Micrometer height gage fixture



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HTTQRIYEVS' Patented May 4, 1948 MICROMETER HEIGHT GAGE FIXTURE f Russell E.- Bauer, Detroit, Mich., assignor to Cadillac Gage Company, Grosse Pointe Woods,

' Mich. a partnership Application October 30, 1944, Serial No. 560,977

2 Claims.

, V l The present invention relates to height gage fixtures.

One of the primary objects of the present invention is to provide a novel height gage fixture adapted for use with a surface plate so that workpieces may be accurately and quickly checked with conventional height gages.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel height gage fixture of such a construction that the use of conventionalga g e blocks, used in setting height gages, may bedispensed with.

Other objects of the invention will become ap* parent from the following specification, the drawings relating thereto, and from the claims hereinafter set forth.

In the drawing, in which like numerals are used to designate like parts in the several views throughout:

Figure 1 is a side-elevational view, with parts broken away and showing parts in section, of a height gage fixture embodying features of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. 1, on a reduced scale; and

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken substantially along the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, the top of a surface plate is indicated at I. It will be understood that in the use of the height gage fixture of the present invention, the workpiece to be measured is placed upon the surface I, and the height gage, which may be of a conventional construction, is also placed on the surface. I in the usual way. The height gage may be of the type having a laterally projecting finger mounted for vertical adjustment, and in the prior practice the height of such finger above the surface plate was set or measured by the use of gage blocks. To measure the height of a workpiece, or to set up the height gage, is a slow process, using such blocks, as it is necessary to select several of a number of such blocks to obtain the correct dimension. This is given by Way of example; and other measuring instruments may be used, such as a dial, test indicator mounted on a height gage.

According to the present invention, a height gage fixture, generally indicated at 2, is mounted on the surface plate I. The fixture comprises an upstanding dome' 3, in the form of a quadrant, with the bottom surface thereof resting on the top of the surface plate I. The dome.3 has lateral, circular projections 4 and 5 adjacent the bottoms and tops thereof, respectively, at the corner, which serve to mount a'measuring bar 6 therebetween. A semicircular shield 20 is integ ral with the dome 3 and extends between projections 4 and 5 so that the bar is exposed on one side;

The measuringbar 6 is-circular in cross section and has a plurality of flat, annular projections 1 formed thereon with the top surfaces parallel'fat precisely spaced intervals. ,Such intervals are equal and may be, for example, one inch apart. The lower end of bar 6 has a lead screw or thread 8 formed thereon which 'is threadably received within a threaded opening of a lead nut 9. The lead nut 9 hasan enlarged axial opening I I) therethrough within which the threaded end B of the bar 6 may extend. The lead nut 9 is threaded into a threaded opening formed in a horizontal portion l I which is integral with the projection 4. The threads of lead screw 8 may be forty pitch, for example, and the external threads of nut 9 may be twenty pitch, for example.

The upper end of the bar 6 has a reduced diameter, as indicated at I2, and extends upwardly through a tubular member I3. Such member I3 is fixedly mounted to a horizontal portion [4 of the projection 5. The reduced portion I2 extends upwardly through member I3 and is fixed to a cap or thimble I5 for rotation therewith. The thimble I5 is telescopically received over the peripheral surface of member I3. The member I3 has a scale I6 marked thereon, the scale It being one inch, for example, in length with suitable division indicia marked thereon. The lower end of thimble I5 is preferably inwardly tapered, with a peripheral scale therearound, and the lower edge thereof is preferably fiat, or in a plane normal to the axis of movement of the bar 6, so that as the thimble I5 is rotated with respect to member I3, the position of the scale on the lower edge I! of the thimble I5 with respect to the scale IE will indicate the scale reading abovezero. When such edge is at the zero position, the lowermost projection I is exactly flush with the surface plate I. By rotation of the thimble I5, the entire bar 5 is rotated with respect to the supporting frame and is moved axially with respect thereto through the action of the lead screw 8 and nut 9 to indicate the extent of movement of all of the projections 'I with respect to the surface plate I.

A vertical scale 2| is fixed on the edge of portion 20 adjacent the bar 6 so that the approximate height of any one of the projections 1 above the surface plate I may be quickly and accurately read, the exact reading being taken from the scale I6 and the scale on portion IT.

The scale I6 is formed on an adjustable insert 3 similar to that disclosed in the copending application of Russell E. Bauer, Serial No. 560,976, filed October 30, 1944. The purpose of the insert is to compensate for any errors in the lead of the lead screw.

In order to fix the bar 6 against axial movement, a set screw I8 is threaded through projection 5 andabutsagainst the reduced shank, I2 of the bar.

In the use of the device above described, the Work-piece and the height gage are supported on the surface plate in the usual way. I The height gage may be quickly set by first setting the bar '6 to the correct position so that the-projection l to the nearest inch is displaced axial-1y te. the proper extent, according to the setting with respect to scale I6. The finger of. the heightv gage may then be quickly set on the top surface of the proper projection I so that it may then be, readily moved over the surface plate to a, position adjacent theworkpiece to check the workpiece.

The, device may also be used to give a quick height measurement in that the height gage may first be set to the workpiece to determine its height and then may be moved to the bar 6 and the bar .6, adjusted axially until the finger of the height gage engages the corresponding sur face "I. The exact height. may then be read according to the particular surface engaged and the reading on scale 16.

Formal changes may be. made in the embod.i mentflabove described without. departing from the invention, the scope of which is commensurate with the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A height gage fixture comprising a support-- ing member, a bar having a plurality of parallel, flat, annular projecting surfaces integrally formed thereon at precisely spaced intervals therealong, screw means mounting said bar on said member for rotative movement of the bar with respect to, the member-and aleng the axis of the, bar, and mean d catingthe extent of such axial movement.

2. A height gage fixture comprising a supporting member, a bar having a plurality of parallel, fiat, annular surtaces integrally formed thereon at precisely spaced intervals therealong, screw means, mount gjsaid bar on said member for rotati-ve ,mevemen of the bar with respect to the member and along the axis of the bar, means indicating the extent of such axial movement, and releasable means fixing the bar against movement.

RUSS'E LH. BAUER.

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Certificate of Correction Patent No. 2,440,710. May 4, 1948. RUSSELL E. BAUER It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Column 2, line 34, for the word preferably read perfectly; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this coofir fection therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Signed and sealed this 22nd day of June, A. D. 1948.

THOMAS F. MURPHY,

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